overlive
Britishverb
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to live longer than (another person)
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to survive or outlive (an event)
Example Sentences
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Why do I overlive, Why am I mocked with death, and lengthened out To deathless pain?
From Paradise Lost by Milton, John
Only pity that I cannot live to hear of Ste. Esclairmonde—nay, but then I must overlive thee, mind I should not love that.’
From The Caged Lion by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
I will try to forgive the wrong-doer and forget the wrong, but oh! mother, mother, it will be very hard to overlive it!
From The Lost Lady of Lone by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
And how long did it take to overlive it?
From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
Cannot you think of this, dear John, and try to bear it and overlive it for their sakes?
From Fated to Be Free by Ingelow, Jean
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